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Team captain Vincent Lecavalier goes down and the Lightning will bring up another prospect; will the Bolts effort in front of a home crowd be more formidable than the ugliness of Tuesday in South Florida?

It feels like forever since the Lightning last notched a win. Things are not right in Tampa Bay, but it's not like the issues are unclear. Can the Bolts get back to the win column versus the Islanders tonight?

The end of a three game road trip, the Bolts rolled into Buffalo and rolled out with two points, and six total from the trip.

Almost a year after Steven Stamkos' "Goal of the year", the Bolts return to Anaheim to take on the Ducks.

The pattern of ineptitude does not just follow around the Tampa Bay Lightning. It's intimately involved in the NHL Estern Conference playoff chase.

All games from this point forward are must-wins for the Lightning. They cannot afford otherwise if they expect to make the playoffs. Tonight, Tampa Bay faces off against Les Habs in Montreal.

The Lightning square off tonight against an evenly matched up opponent in the Anaheim Ducks. Who prevails? It depends on if the Lightning show up... And the Lightning need to show up for the sake of the playoff hunt.